כָּבַשׁ
kābaš
subdue
Strong's H3533VerbHebrewTWOT 951

כָּבַשׁ (kābaš) is a Hebrew verb meaning subdue. It appears 15 times in 11 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3533).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 951)

Range of meaning (TWOT 951)subdue, bring into bondage; force, dominate; tread down, disregard, conquer, subjugate, violate; keep under, bring into subjection
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

כָּבַשׁ verb: subdue, bring into bondage

Strong's H3533 כָּבַשׁ: to tread down; hence, negatively, to disregard; positively, to conquer, subjugate, violate
KJV:bring into bondage, force, keep under, subdue, bring into subjection.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

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Genesis 1:28Numbers 32:22Joshua 18:1

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